Oil-burner.



. No. 724,247. PATENTEDMAB.. 31, 1903.

c. K. BBRG. I 0U. BURNER.

N0 MODEL.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

CHARLES K. BERG, OF MOBILE, ALABAMA.

OIL-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iietters Patent No. 724,247, dated March 31, 1903. Applicatiozriiled August 1, 1901. `Serial No.l 70,508.` (No model.)

To all whom it may concern; v

Be it known that I, CHARLES K. BERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mobile, in the county of Mobile and State of Alahama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Burners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention `relates to a burner and generator for the burning of from one hundred and fty to one hundred and seventy-five fire-test oil and crude oil and has special re. lation to crude and heavy oils.

The objectof my invention is to provide a means by which crude and other heavy oils are converted into gas for the purpose of using the same to produce steam making power. To accomplish this object, l have Y provided by preference a tank designed to contain oil and air under pressure, a hydrocarbon-burner, a generator, and a connecting-pipe through which the oil is forced by the compressed air to the generator, where it is vaporized for supply to the burner.

The

burner in practice is placed in the tire-boxof a furnaceor like .part and the air passing` ythrough the draftopenings vof the furnace. will aid yin support-ing combustion of :the gas.

My invention further consists of detailsl hereinafter vshown and described.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side View of my improved burner connected dilrectly with two supply-tanks, said tanks be- Iing shown in section for lbetter illustration. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of same. Fig. 3 lis a section on theline 3 3 of Fig. 2 looking in 1the direction of the arrow. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

A of Fig. l is a supply-tank of cylindrical form composed of any suitable metal.

B is an oil-inlet valve covered at its lower purpose of shutting off or regulating the flow of oil. G is an air-pressure gage to indicate the quantity of air-pressure.

A of Fig. 1 is a supply-tank, also of cylindrioal form and of the same material astank A, with its top formed below the top of and interiorly of its Walls, so as to form a cavity, said cavity having walls ascending from its base to meet the top of the walls of A. Said tank A' is also provided at its top with a detachable inlet-valve B', provided at its lower end with a gauze-wire or perforated metallic covering to serve as a strainer, with a detachable air-valve D', with a small pipe E descending from said top to within one-half inch of the bottom of said tank A', and provided at its lower end with a gauze-wire or4 iiush with .the .upper surface of the body.

Said apertured wall is preferably formed by a foraminated metallic disk B2, attached to the body, and a wire-gauze disk F2, disposed below the disk B2, as shown. A pipe D2, connected to the 'body C2l below the chamber or reservoir E2, is connected with said reservoir by a port or opening, as shown. Directly over the opening formed by the entrance of the pipe D2 in the reservoir E2 and projecting from the under surface of the foraminated brass disk B2 is a bell-shaped member, of brass or other suitable metal G2, Figs. 3 and 4, attached to said foraminated disk B2, and serves to flare the gas arising from D2, making when the gasis ignited a `broadround iiame. Said reservoir E2 is preferably-provided on its walls and upper surface of its Vbottom with asbestos. l

interposed between the burners A2 and crossing partly over and between the foraminated disks B2 is a generator H, of tubular form, arising around and over one of the IOO sides of the said brass body G2, being continued from a service-pipe H. Said generator H crosses said body C2 on its top surface between said burners A2 and over the inner edge of the upper surface of body C2. Said generator I-I is curved or bent upon itself when it reaches to nearly the opposite edge of the brass body C2 and is returned to form two horizontal parallel tubes between said burners A2, and continuing is carried over the side of the body C2 to below its under surface, connecting with two pipes Z Z, going in opposite directions, said pipes Z-Z connecting with the pipes D2, which open into the reservoirs E2. Said generator H is attached to the upper surface of the brass body C2 by means of brackets Y Y.

The service-pipe I-I' is connected near its outer end with the upper end of the pipe E', which it will be seen is equipped with valves F', located below said service-pipe, the short section of pipe a a being connected with the outer end of said service-pipe and having a depending branch connected with the upper end of the pipe E. By means of these valves each tank can be cut off from the servicepipe without disturbing the other, so that when a tank is thus cut off the same can be supplied with oil and hydrocarbon without extinguishing the flame at the burner. It will be evident that the pipes E and E constitute in eect branches of the servicepipe I-I.

B B of Fig. l is a shut-oit valve to regulate the flow of gas from the generator H to the pipe D2 and the reservoirs E2.

E E is a valve serving to regulate the flow of oil from the supply-tanks A and A' to the generator I-I.

The stem of the valve B B is denoted bye, while that for the valve E E is denoted by e', and these stems are each adapted to be connected with an actuating member by which the said valves can be operated.

` The supply-tanks A and A are, as shown,

detachable and can be disconnected one from the other and from the generator and burners, and the device can be operated with one supply-tank or with both at the one time, thereby enabling one tank to be replenished with oil and air while the other is in operation.

To facilitate the moving of supply-tank A and to prevent the interference of any ot' the adjacent machinery with its valves and attachments, its top, with said valves and attachment-s, is depressed, as shown.

To operate my improved oil-burner, the tanks A and A' are supplied with oil through the inlet-valves B and B' to about two-thirds their capacity, and the oil in passing through the gauze-wire or perforated metal strainers at the lower ends of valves B and B is freed of all solid matter. By means of an air-pump or other suitable means attached to the valves D and D of said tanks air is forced into said tanks to the required amount, which amount can be gaged by the air-gages G and G. The valves F and F' are then opened, and the oil is forced out of the supply-tanks through the detachable piping a a and the service-pipe H to valve E E, where its iiow into the generator H is regulated. When a suiiicient quantity of oil has iiowed into the generator H, said generator is heated by means of a torch, waste saturated in oil, or other suitable means applied to it, which heat applied to the generator H creates a gas formed therein, and said gas thus created passing from the said generator H is conveyed by the manipulation of the valve B B to the pipe D2, and thence to the reservoir E2, where it strikes against the bell-shaped member G2 and is iiared, and

thus spreading outwardly ascends through' the foramina of the disks B2 and the gauzewire covering F2 and is ignited. By reason of its position between the burners A2 and over portions of the foraminated disks B2 the generator H is kept constantly heated by the flame from said burners A2 when they are ignited, and when so heated and with oil contained therein said generator H is continuously generating gas to be consumed in said burners A2.

It will be readily appreciated from the foregoing that my improved oil-burner is adapted for use in all lines of manufacture, commerce, or trade requiring the use of steam, and it is simple and can be operated at a trifiing expense.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of parts embraced in this embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exact understanding of the same. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to such specific construction and arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

l. An oil-burner comprising a body having cavities or reservoirs in its upper side at a suitable distance apart, open-work walls covering said cavities or reservoirs and arranged flush with the upper side of the body, vaporspreading devices at the under sides of the open-work walls, a generator disposed above the body and in a plane between the cavities or reservoirs, and formed Iof a tube bent upon itself, with its portions resting in the same horizontal plane, conduits connected to one end of the generator and leading into the cavities or reservoirs of the body at points below the vapor spreading devices, and suitable means for connecting the other end of the generator and a source of fuel-supply.

2. An oil-burner comprising a body having cavities in its upper side,open-work Walls covering said cavities, vapor-spreading devices IOO IIO

at the under sides of the open-Work walls, a respective eoncavities below said open-work 1o generator disposed above the body and in a coverings.

plane between said cavities, and consisting of a tube bent upon itself, conduits conn ected to the generator and also with said cavities below said vapor-spreading devices, means adapted to connect said generator with a source of fuel-supply, linings of asbestos for said cavities, and retionlated material in the In'testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

oHA's. K. BERG.

Witnesses:

W. B. PATERsoN, CHAs. R. HALL. 

